Roland Barthes

Quotes

• “Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.”

• “The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized!”

• “The bourgeoisie is defined as the social class which does not want to be named.”

• “Myth deprives the object of which it speaks of all history. In it, history evaporates.”

• “By reducing any quality to quantity, myth economizes intelligence: it understands reality more cheaply.”

Books by Roland Barthes in order

Books by Roland Barthes in the order they were published, from Mythologies (1953) to Mourning Diary (2010).

1. 1MythologiesMythologies1953
2. 2Elements of SemiologyElements of Semiology1967
3. 3The Fashion SystemThe Fashion System1967
4. 4Writing Degree ZeroWriting Degree Zero1967
5. 5L' Empire Des SignesL' Empire Des Signes1970
6. 6S/ZS/Z1970
7. 7Critical EssaysCritical Essays1972
8. 8Roland BarthesRoland Barthes1975
9. 9The Pleasure of the TextThe Pleasure of the Text1975
10. 10A Lover's DiscourseA Lover's Discourse1977
11. 11Image-Music-TextImage-Music-Text1977
12. 12Rhetoric of the ImageRhetoric of the Image1977
13. 13The Eiffel Tower, and Other MythologiesThe Eiffel Tower, and Other Mythologies1979
14. 14New Critical EssaysNew Critical Essays1980
15. 15Camera LucidaCamera Lucida1981
16. 16A Barthes ReaderA Barthes Reader1982
17. 17The Grain of the VoiceThe Grain of the Voice1984
18. 18The Responsibility of FormsThe Responsibility of Forms1984
19. 19The Rustle of LanguageThe Rustle of Language1986
20. 20The Semiotic ChallengeThe Semiotic Challenge1988
21. 21La Camera Chiara. Nota Sulla FotografiaLa Camera Chiara. Nota Sulla Fotografia2003
22. 22The Language of FashionThe Language of Fashion2006
23. 23Mourning DiaryMourning Diary2010